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The Kinks, an English rock band, were active for over three decades, from 1963 to 1996, releasing 26 studio albums and four live albums. [1] The first two albums are differently released in the UK and the US, partly due to the difference in popularity of the extended play format (the UK market liked it, the US market did not, so US albums had the EP releases bundled onto them), and partly due ...
Scattered (The Kinks song) See My Friends; Set Me Free (The Kinks song) Shangri-La (The Kinks song) She Bought a Hat Like Princess Marina; She's Bought a Hat Like Princess Marina; She's Got Everything (song) Sitting by the Riverside; Sitting in My Hotel; Sitting in the Midday Sun; Sleepwalker (The Kinks song) So Mystifying; Starstruck (The ...
"See My Friends" (sometimes titled "See My Friend") [5] [nb 1] is a song by the English rock band the Kinks, written by the group's singer and guitarist, Ray Davies. Released in July 1965, it reached number 10 on the Record Retailer chart. The song incorporates a drone-effect played on guitar, evoking a sound reminiscent of the Indian tambura. [8]
The Kinks expanded on their English sound throughout the remainder of the 1960s, incorporating elements of music hall, folk, and baroque music through use of harpsichord, acoustic guitar, Mellotron, and horns, in albums such as Face to Face, Something Else by the Kinks, The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society, and Arthur (Or the ...
"All Day and All of the Night" is a song by the English rock band the Kinks from 1964. Released as a single, it reached No. 2 in the UK on the Record Retailer chart [8] and No. 7 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1965. [9] The song was included on the Kinksize Hits EP in the UK and the Kinks' second American album, Kinks-Size (1965).
All the tracks were recorded at Pye or IBC Studios in London and were produced by Shel Talmy. [7] "Something Better Beginning" is the only non-single on the album, first issued on Kinda Kinks (1965). [8] The album's liner notes include one of the earliest instances of Ray Davies, the Kinks' principal songwriter, being characterised as a genius. [9]
The Ultimate Collection is a compilation of singles by British rock band the Kinks. It was released on Sanctuary Records on 27 May 2002 in the UK and 23 September 2003 in the United States. In June 2002, it reached no. 32 on the UK Albums Chart , and in August 2007, no. 1 on the UK Indie albums chart.
AllMusic's Stewart Mason said of "Dandy" that "Davies delivers the lyrics, about a neighborhood lothario, with just the right mixture of disgust and admiration; his slyly witty vocals are truly what makes the song. Musically, the tune harks back to the music hall tradition of George Formby; Dave Davies' guitar is so trebly and clean that it ...